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We’ve all read Buy Local articles before, most often from the perspective of keeping money in NRV communities and helping local businesses stay afloat, create jobs and contribute to the economic well-being of our region. It’s still the little guy, after all ~ the small business ~ that generates the most jobs that turn the

The New River Valley Red Cross was chartered in 1917 in each county, and encompasses a vast mountain region spreading over the City of Radford, Bland, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery and Pulaski counties. It is one small yet...

Dave Scarrette, the New River Valley entrepreneur who owns Radford Plaza Cinema aka Scarrette’s Movie Theatre or Plaza Cinema in Radford, loves his job. “They say to stop and smell the roses,” he laughs, “but I say...

You don’t need a passport or have to worry about clearing customs if Napa is your destination. Traveling through the Valley feels almost like you’ve been transported to another land in another time. It may not be...

If you were in Richmond around 1990-92, you would have seen him on WWBT television news. In Austin, Texas, a couple years later. Then Cleveland, Ohio. If you watched any of the controversy over the 5-year-old Cuban...

It’s really a Challenge with a capital C for a Virginia Tech football player when the National Football League comes courting prior to graduation. In 2001, Kevin Jones of Chester, Penn., was the number one recruit in...

While students throughout the New River Valley begin purchasing backpacks and thinking about how to organize lockers, hundreds of homeschool families are rearranging furniture to find more space on the wall for another bookcase. The newest materials...

Kids love fast food. Burgers, fries, chicken—as long as it is greasy or fried, it’s a winner in their eyes. But with the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, schools had to cut back on calories and fat while...